One of the most chillingly beautiful churches in Vienna which always seems deserted as the hordes…read moreare apparently over at St. Stephen's Cathedral or Peterskirche. Augustinerkirche has a spare elegant Gothic interior, the very opposite of baroque. In doing my research, I learned that it was built in the 14th century and was the site of Emperor Franz Joseph's wedding in 1854 to Empress Sisi. Definitely worth coming inside for a quiet moment of peaceful contemplation.

Continuous with the Albertina and National Library near Hofburg Augustinerkirche is easy to…read moreoverlook, but dating back to the 14th century and the Habsburg monarchy's court church for almost 300 years there is a lot of history within these walls. Gothic on the exterior with updates in Revivalism inside plan to spend perhaps twenty minutes here exploring altars and chapels decorated in white and gold.